o'brien -- the first from harry o'brien requesting that the reclines be replaced with requirements for conditional use authorization rather than flat out prohibition so that the commission may review these requests on a case by case basis. the sec letter from the pacific heights residents' association ages the commission to support the prohibition to convert housing to student housing. specifically rental units to student housing. i have presented a general overview of our policy goals. you have the draft ordinance before you. that concludes my presentation, but i am available for questions, and i will also distribute copies for the letters i have received as well. thank you. commissioner miguel: thank you. i have one card on this. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i have really two reasons for being here. one is i am the project sponsor. you have heard an earful from the neighbors. the conduct of negotiation with neighbors, they would much prefer to see student housing. so to the extent that there is a prohibition on the transfer of group housing to student housing, that would undermi

as far as usf's concerns, i spoke yesterday to harry o'brien about one particular concern, and that is that it was primarily already students living there. they get better rules in terms of how they behave a bit of the problem is when you go around usf or other schools, these are mostly rent-control unit. if you buy one of those buildings, you still have the rent control.

as far as usf's concerns, i spoke yesterday to harry o'brien about one particular concern, and that is that it was primarily already students living there. they get better rules in terms of how they behave a bit of the problem is when you go around usf or other schools, these are mostly rent-control unit. if you buy one of those buildings, you still have the rent control. so it is the worst of both worlds. these are students, but i 10 years, these are graduates but you cannot ask them to leave because they graduated from usf or any other school. i spoke to several universities about this, and i do not think it ought to be in the general housing business. i think there are some opportunities. if you get a consortium of schools to pre-release the third or fourth power of the santa optimus project before it is even built, that would be great. the buildings around them are rent-control unit. just because three-quarters of the apartments are rented by student now, you cannot keep it that way. the worst would be that they graduate in your study managing general, rent-control housing. i suppo